Comments on: Poisoned Communities—A Call to Expose and Address Rampant Environmental Injustice http://naacpblogs.naacp.org/blog/?p=280 A weblog to serve NAACP constituents Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:05:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jacqui Patterson http://naacpblogs.naacp.org/blog/?p=280#comment-279 Jacqui Patterson Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:55:03 +0000 http://naacpblogs.naacp.org/blog/?p=280#comment-279 Thank you so much, Cathie! I'm glad to hear that you will investigate the key links featured in this post. Sheila will be very glad to know that her story was compelling and is serving as a call to action. Given her courage in coming out with her story and persisting in pushing for change, even within her own illness, to know that her speaking out has had the intended effect of catalyzing others will be deeply fulfilling. You are so right that the neglect of those in the know, with the responsibility to protect, really is so very appalling. Thank you so much for spreading the word through your own blogging. I hope we'll keep connected, Cathie. Most sincerely, Jacqui Thank you so much, Cathie! I’m glad to hear that you will investigate the key links featured in this post.

Sheila will be very glad to know that her story was compelling and is serving as a call to action. Given her courage in coming out with her story and persisting in pushing for change, even within her own illness, to know that her speaking out has had the intended effect of catalyzing others will be deeply fulfilling.

You are so right that the neglect of those in the know, with the responsibility to protect, really is so very appalling.

Thank you so much for spreading the word through your own blogging. I hope we’ll keep connected, Cathie.

Most sincerely,
Jacqui

]]> By: Cathie Bird http://naacpblogs.naacp.org/blog/?p=280#comment-266 Cathie Bird Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:42:08 +0000 http://naacpblogs.naacp.org/blog/?p=280#comment-266 Thanks so much for posting this. I intend to explore all the links in the post to find out more. Sheila Orstead's sharing on the video is awesome, moving and maddening. It's so clear to me that this situation in Dickson is a case of genocide, since so many people with authority to act knew the truth but chose not to share it with ALL of the folks who lived near that toxic mess. I blogged briefly about this post and hope to write more to raise awareness of yet another example of environmental injustice in Tennessee. Thanks again for the post. Thanks so much for posting this. I intend to explore all the links in the post to find out more. Sheila Orstead’s sharing on the video is awesome, moving and maddening. It’s so clear to me that this situation in Dickson is a case of genocide, since so many people with authority to act knew the truth but chose not to share it with ALL of the folks who lived near that toxic mess.

I blogged briefly about this post and hope to write more to raise awareness of yet another example of environmental injustice in Tennessee.

Thanks again for the post.

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